Security tightened in Kashmir ahead of R-Day

Srinagar: Security has been beefed up in Srinagar and other places in Kashmir ahead of the Republic Day on Tuesday as forces have been deployed in massive numbers around the venues of the January 26 functions across the valley, officials said on Sunday. Random checking of vehicles and frisking of passengers was being done at […]

JK to have robust power supply system soon: LG Sinha

Chairs 2nd meeting with experts from power sector, officers of JKPDC in a week

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha who chaired a meeting with the experts from power sector and officers of J&K Power Distribution Corporation here at Raj Bhavan, to assess and analyze the power scenario in the UT and propose solutions for creating a robust power supply system in J&K, a government communiqué issued here said. The […]

Minimum temperature dips in Kashmir valley

Flight operations resume, road likely to be opened today

Srinagar:  The minimum temperature at most places in Kashmir decreased on Sunday after snowfall, but the clouds made way for the winter sun in the morning, officials said. The MET Office has said the weather would improve gradually on Sunday and would remain mainly dry till the end of the month. The night temperature in […]

73 fresh COVID-19 cases reported across JK

Srinagar:  Jammu and Kashmir recorded 73 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, bringing the tally to 1,24,019, even as no death due to the virus took place in the last 24 hours, officials said. Out of the fresh cases, 31 were from Jammu division and 42 from Kashmir division, they said. The officials […]

Two found dead inside stranded vehicle at Banihal

Ramban admin urges passengers to avail lodging facilities, avoid traveling without road

Banihal/Jammu: Two persons were found dead inside a load carrier at Banihal along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which remained closed for vehicular traffic for the second day on Sunday following snowfall, officials said. Shabir Ahmad Mir (22) and Majid Gulzar Mir (30), both residents of Kralpora village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, were on way […]

Amarnath Yatra: J-K admin expects 6 lakh footfall, issues directions for safe, smooth movement

Jammu: Expecting a footfall of nearly six lakhs during the annual Amarnath Yatra, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday issued directions to widen walking tracks and build retaining walls with special focus on laying down prefabricated cement tiles on tracks from Baltal. The directions were passed by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, who […]

Two siblings die of cardiac arrest in Ganderbal

Sister suffers heart attack after body of brother reaches home

Ganderbal: In a shocking incident, two siblings died of cardiac arrest in Shallabugh area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal area, Sunday evening. Reports said that a Abdul Samad Khanday (65) of Shallabugh fell unconscious at his home Sunday evening following which he was rushed to SKIMS Soura for treatment where he was declared brought dead. As […]

Injured in firing alaong LoC, soldier succumbs

Jammu:  An Army soldier, who was critically injured in Pakistani firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district last week, succumbed to injuries in the command hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Sunday, a defence spokesperson said. He is the third Army personnel to have died in the ceasefire violations by […]